Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 384

Lanie

“Little cars are listening, love,” I said as calmly as I could to Xander, trying to remind him that the children

were present.

I didn’t want our pups to be scared, even though it was all I could do to keep myself from screaming at my

grandfather that I needed to talk to him. Stella’s small hand crept into mine and squeezed. When I looked down at her, she was smiling brightly up at me.

Because she knew I was upset? Or just because she was my sunny-faced angel? I bent to scoop her up,

staggering a step under her weight. She was getting too big to be carried, but I didn’t want to put her down. It could be the last time I ever picked her up.

I rubbed my nose against her cheek, and she hugged me hard.

“Love you, Mama,” she said, which was a nice change from being called Mother.

Malachi, Xander, and Mason were muttering about the lights, power surges, the evidence of strangers in

the nearby town. Alpha stuff. It was clear I’d have to wait my turn.

“Xander,” I repeated. “You and Mason should go with Malachi somewhere else to talk about this.””

Mason looked over at us. He put his hand on his brother’s shoulder. “She’s right. Malachi, we should take

this back to the conference room.”

this.”

silently and used our link to think, “Sorry, love.”

emergency meeting of the leadership council,”

of them left the room.

caught Zane’s eye as he turned away. His face was pulled into a mask

like he was

voice. “Will you play with me

toward the stacks of board games on the bookshelves. “Of

gave me another grin. I still couldn’t figure out if she was reading me,

she wanted him to do. It made sense that he’d agree to play with

like that. Even so, something in the way she looked at me made

situation.

was able to do, I had to find out, not keep guessing and making silent assumptions about her motives. She was

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the door, and I answered it. It wasn’t the food this time, either, but Greyson, who stepped through the doorway when I stood aside to

fine.”

off so fast. I wanted to

I exchanged looks.

The power surge startled us, that’s all,” Zane said. “That is what happened, isn’t

lights were

Let’s go play in my room,”

hands. She shot a look at me over

closed the door.

out a breath I’d been keeping held tight in my

been a power surge like my grandfather and Greyson both said,

more dangerous than that. All four of us